BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



entered in the middle under a segmental-headed gate- 

 way with picturesque stepped gable over. The arch 

 and jambs have been rebuilt, but the wall and gable, 

 which is surmounted by a ball ornament, are original. 

 Worked on to the coping of the east return of the 

 fence wall is the octagonal shaft of a small sundial 

 bearing the initials C. H., the plate of which has 

 disappeared. 



Bradley*' was divided chiefly between the families 

 of Towneley *^ and Habergham.*^ Lawrence 

 Habergham died in 1615 holding two messuages 

 in Bradley of Richard Towneley in socage by a rent 

 of i6s. 4^/.^** Collinhouse," Reedley" and Bentley*^ 

 are also mentioned in the deeds. Arbitrations 

 concerning Bullock Ees were made in 1584 and 

 1 62 1." 



The GREEN in Hapton, now Padiham Green, 

 was granted by William de Arches to Thomas the 

 Clerk of Altham under the name of Kagildegrene at 

 a free rent of p. 6^." Roger son of Thomas de 



Altham gave the same to Thomas his son,'^^ who 

 appears to have adopted Green as his surname. In 

 1304 Thomas de la Green gave Cagildegrene in 

 Hapton to his son Roger, together with the homage 

 of his brother Henry." John de Hautrey and Maud 

 his wife had given land in Hapton to their servant 

 Roger, probably the same person.^® In 1334 Thomas 

 de Simonstone complained that Gilbert de la Legh 

 had made a wrongful distraint in 1328. He said 

 that one Thomas atte Green had held a messuage and 

 land of Thomas de Hautrey, then lord of Hapton, by 

 a rent of 3/. Hautrey gave the manor to Legh, who 

 was disseised by Edmund Talbot, after which Green 

 appears to have been compelled to pay lOJ. rent. 

 He gave his holding to John de Huncoat, whose son 

 Richard gave to plaintiff. Then Gilbert recovered 

 the manor, and, not being content with the old p. 

 rent, required i oj. to be paid and seized upon goods till 

 his demand was satisfied.*^ The Greens ^^ were in the 

 15th century®' succeeded by a family named Ryley, 



'*^ Richard son of Roger de Bradley 

 occurs in 1279; De Banco R. 31, m. 

 27. 



"^^ To this part of Bradley seems to 

 belong the grant of land there by Roger 

 son of Thomas the Clerk of Altham to 

 his son Thomas ; he had had the same 

 by gift of Adam son of Adam de Bradley j 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, C iz6. The 

 Altham family occurs again, for William 

 de Arches gave land in Hapten at 35. rent 

 to Adam son of William de Altham, 

 Bradley Brook being in one place the 

 boundary ; and John son of Simon de 

 Altham in 1330 gave a messuage in Hap- 

 ton received from Henry son of Adam 

 del Yate to Gilbert de la Legh ; ibid. 

 A 43» 44, Y 3. 



In 13 16 John de Huncoat gave land in 

 Huncoat to William de Birtwlsle in ex- 

 change for some in Bradley ; ibid. B 266 ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 563. Alice widow 

 of John de Huncoats released her dower 

 in Bradley in 1323 to her son Richard 

 for an annuity of zs. ; C 8, 13, H 240. 

 In 1326 Richard son of John de Huncoat 

 gave land in Bradley to Thomas son of 

 Richard de Simonstone ; ibid. H 24.1. 

 This Thomas in 1341 gave all his lands 

 in Hapton to Richard del Yate and Joan 

 his wife, daughter of Simon del Good- 

 shaw ; ibid. S 90, 92. Next year Joan 

 as widow of Richard gave her land in 

 Hapton to Gilbert de la Legh and Alice 

 his wife 5 ibid. Y 2. Then in 1343 

 Henr)' son of Thomas son of Richard de 

 Simonstone released to Gilbert and Alice 

 ail his right in Bradley, which had been 

 granted to them by the said Joan ; ibid. 

 S 91. A messuage, &c., called Bradley 

 in Hapton was included among the pos- 

 sessions of Richard Towneley in 1454 ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.J, ii, 59. 



''^ The charters are in Add. MS. 32104, 

 no. 1 1 80, &c,, but they do not show a 

 clear descent. Geoffrey de Habergham 

 obtained Bradley from Adam son of 

 Robert de Holden in exchange for other 

 land ; no. 1192. Richard son of Roger 

 de Bradley gave his land in Bradley to 

 John son of Sir Godfrey de Hautrey, 

 who, with the consent of Maud his wife, 

 afterwards gave it to Richard son of Ellis 

 de Stansfield ; no. 1212, 1206. The 

 grantee may be the Richard son of Ellis 

 de Bradley who in 1304 gave Bradley and 

 a rent of 2j. 2.d. from Ellis de Brown- 

 birches' land to a feoffee who in 1322 

 gave the tenement to John son of Henry 



de Birtwlsle and Amiria his wife ; no. 

 1 305, 1 2 10, 1 304, 1 207. Adam de 

 Bradley gave land called Furfelt to his 

 daughter Avice at a rent of \zd. \ no. 

 1200. 



Thomas del Green gave land in Brad- 

 ley in Hapton in 1306 to Robert son of 

 Henry de Wilpshire ; it had formerly 

 belonged to the grantor's brother Adam j 

 C 8, 13, G 54. Robert gave the same 

 to William son of John de Birtwisle ^ 

 ibid. W 126, S 112. Thomas del Green 

 also gave his son Roger a rent of dd. 

 from the tenement formerly Robert de 

 Bradley's J no. 1181. Roger had a son 

 Henry; C 8, 13, G 58. Henry del 

 Green in 1341 released to Richard del 

 Yate and Joan his wife all claim to 

 Thomas de Simonstone's land in Hapton ; 

 ibid. G55. In 1350 he gave Sliderforth 

 in Hapton to Gilbert de la Legh and 

 Alice his wife; ibid. G52. In 1369 

 Gilbert de la Legh relinquished his claim 

 to Sliderforth to Habergham trustees ; 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 1 186. 



The Stansfield family occurs later at 

 Hapton ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 7, m. i; 

 8, m. 21. 



^^ Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 21, 103. 



^^ It was part of the Towneley estate ; 

 some deeds between 1536 and 1566 are 

 in Add. MS. 32104, fol. iii,no. 479-86. 

 See also Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 176, m. 2. 

 An earlier deed is one dated 1459-60, 

 by which Peter son and heir of Richard 

 and Margery Spenser of Botdean by 

 Worsthorne granted Collinhouse, &e., in 

 Hapton to John Towneley; C 8, 13, 

 S128. 



^2 It belonged to the Smiths of Burnley 

 in 1459-61, and in 1525 was given by 

 Lawrence Smith to Richard Birtwisle ; 

 DD, no. 553-4, 548. Richard Birtwlsle 

 at once exchanged It for other land given 

 by Sir John Towneley ; C 8, 13, B 270. 

 In 1462 testimony was recorded as to a 

 death-bed declaration by Robert Smith of 

 Burnley that he had made no bargain 

 concerning Reedley in Hapton with Robert 

 Lowde of Chaigley ; RR, no. 53. The 

 above Lawrence Smith had a rent of 35. 

 from Reedley in 1539 ; DD, no. 557. 



^3 In 1334 Gilbert de la Legh granted 

 to Thomas de Simonstone five wagon- 

 loads of wood from the wood of Bentley 

 in Hapton ; C 8, 13, L 170. In 1678-9 

 there were disputes concerning a messuage 

 in Hapton, lately Robert Charnock's, and 



Y'aste called Bentley Wood Green ; Exch. 

 Dep, (Ree. Soe. Lanes, and Ches.), 56. 



^■* Add. MS. 32104, fol, 108^, no. 472. 

 Bullock Ees on the south side of the Calder 

 belonged to the Towncleys. The dispute 

 was as to the construction of flood-gates 

 and the boundary fences between it and 

 a close of land called *011odweele* in 

 Padiham. By the later arbitration It was 

 allowed that Richard Towneley and Ed- 

 mund Ashton might make a flood-gate 

 over the Calder. 



°'^ Huntroyde D. H 6. The bounds 

 name the Calder, Bradley beck, Smallshaw 

 beck, Greenlaehe usque Haysia, and 

 ICagildesyke. Geoffrey Dean of Whalley 

 attested the grant. 



Thomas the Clerk of Altham was living 

 in 1246 ; Assize R. 404, m. 8. John son 

 of Henry de Hewode had had land from 

 him in marriage with AvIce, and gave the 

 same to Reyner de Arches ; ibid. m. 5 d. 



^^ Huntroyde D. H 7. Henry, another 

 son of the grantor, is named. The seal 

 shows a cross fleury, with legend s' Roger. 



i^' THOME. 



^^ Ibid. H 8. The seal, bearing a crescent 

 with star above it, has the legend 3. thom. 

 d' la. gren. 



^^ Ibid. H 9. From charters already 

 cited it appears that the Greens' land 

 extended into Bradley. They show that 

 a Thomas del Green (1304) had a son 

 Roger (1311), whose son was Henry 



(1346-54)- 



^^ Coram Rege R. 297, m. 26 d. Some 

 of the charters have been given already 

 in the account of Bradley, to which part 

 of the township the dispute referred, 



^° Little is known of their tenure. In 

 1336 John de Whalley complained that 

 Agnes del Green, Thomas and Nicholas 

 del Green and others had taken his goods 

 at Hapten ; De Banco R. 305, m. 41 d. 

 In 1343 it was presented that Richard 

 and Henry de Shuttleworth had beaten 

 and wounded Henry del Green, Katherlne 

 his wife andRobertde Whalley at Hapton 

 Green ; Assize R. 430, m. 25. 



^^ Henry del Green appears to have 

 left three daughters as co-heirs, for Joan 

 widow of John Parker of Alkincoats and 

 daughter and co-heir of Henry Green of 

 Hapton in 141 7 released to Sir Richard 

 Radcliffe the third part of four messuages, 

 &c. ; Huntroyde D. H 22. The marriage 

 had probably taken place by 1371, when 

 John son of John the Parker of Alkincoats 

 auJ John de Birtwisle, chaplain, claimed 



